Number of Disasters per YearTrends in number of reported disasters. Much of the increase in the number of hazardous events reported is probably due to significant improvements in information access and also to population growth, but the number of f...

By Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

World Greenhouse Gas Emissions by SectorAll transport accounts for approximately 13.5% of the total emissions, while deforestation accounts for approximately 18%. However, estimates of the loss of marine carbon-binding ecosystems have previously not been inclu...

By WRI/Tim Herzog

Sea Level AnomaliesMelting and warming will have consequences on ocean circulation. Additionally melting of inland glaciers and continental ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, and the thermal expansion of ocean waters are causing sea l...

By Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Oceans Carbon FluxesAn important role played by the ocean is the storage and exchange of CO2 with the atmosphere, and its diffusion toward deeper layers. At high latitudes, dense waters sink, transferring carbon to the deep ocean. Warming o...

By Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Coral ReefsDistribution of the world's coral reefs. Oceans blue carbon sinks, along with coral reefs and kelp communities, all fulfil very important functions in the coastal zone while providing opportunities for jobs and coastal p...

By Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Southern Ocean Carbon Sink ChangeThe Southern Oceans are recognised as an important carbon sink currently taking up approximately 15% of anthropogenic CO2. Models predict that as the atmospheric concentration of CO2 increases, so should the ocean’s abso...

By Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Green Carbon45% of green carbon stored in natural terrestrial ecosystems and the remaining 55% is captured by living organisms in oceans and ocean's blue carbon sinks.